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Solution 39817: TEA (Texas Education Agency) Calculator Policy for the TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire Families of Calculators

What is the TEA (Texas Education Agency) Calculator Policy for the TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire families of Calculators?

TI graphing calculators can be used on the STAAR exam. Students may choose to use the embedded TI-84 Plus CE online calculator or a TI calculator they bring with them to the exam – or both! All current TI graphing and scientific models are approved for use on the STAAR exams.

STAAR Calculator Policy states the following functions must be disabled during testing:

• Geometry functions

• Graphing implicit equations and inequalities

• Graphing inequalities (calculator/application automatically interprets the inequality symbol)

• Polynomial root finders

• Simultaneous equation solvers

• Functions that automatically calculate the mean absolute deviation

See all the resources TI has for STAAR testing, and learn how to disable these functions on your calculators, by visiting the TI Texas STAAR Resources page.

See the latest TEA STAAR Calculator Policy.

For more information, contact your local Educational Technology Consultant.

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Solution 39817: TEA (Texas Education Agency) Calculator Policy for the TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire Families of Calculators

What is the TEA (Texas Education Agency) Calculator Policy for the TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire families of Calculators?

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